Forest Social Science
Human dimensions are center-stage in this day-and-age of public involvement
in natural resource management. Departmental faculty provide leadership and
insight to this often contentious aspect of policy making. Expertise ranges
from community building to conflict resolution, with an emphasis on collaborative
learning and other constructive approaches.
Research Related Web Sites
The Elizabeth Starker Cameron
Demonstration Forest
Starker Program in Private
and Family Forestry
Participating Faculty
Heidi Albers - (under construction)
John C. Bliss - private forest
policy, forest-based rural development, natural resources sociology. More
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Royal G. Jackson (emeritus) -
international parks; nature-based tourism, forest history. More
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Rebecca L. Johnson - environmental and resource economics,
regional economics, public policy analysis, institutional economics. More info...
Kreg Lindberg - Professional interests: Visitor price-responsiveness
and economic impact of nature/eco tourism; inter-visitor conflict in natural
areas; economic and social impacts of tourism generally. More
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Mark D. Needham - natural resource-based recreation management, social psychology of natural resources, human dimensions of wildlife, norms and standards for resource management, carrying capacity and crowding, specialization, risk, trust, conflict, tourism, survey and quantitative methods. More info...
Randall S. Rosenberger -
recreation economics, environmental and resource economics. More info...
Bo Shelby - sociology
of natural resources; crowding and carrying capacity; resource allocation;
norms and standards for resource management;
stream flows and resource values. More info...
Bruce A. Shindler - social values of natural resources,
wildland management, environmental interpretation
and
education. More info...
Viviane Simon-Brown - integrating three aspects of the human
dimensions of natural resources sustainability. More
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Joanne F. Tynon - qualitative and quantitative inquiry into natural resource-based recreation and tourism issues; sociology of leisure and outdoor recreation; recreation planning and management; wilderness management; crime and violence on public recreation lands. More
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Degree Concentrations
MS, Forest Social Science Concentration
PhD, Forest Social Science Concentration
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